Other popular franchises such as Overwatch have yet to be commented on, though Spencer has been quite vocal about his dislike of exclusivity for years, so it's likely he will be hesitant to make too many franchises exclusive to Xbox.

Spencer said that ' it is not our intent to pull communities away from that platform,' though some are certainly bound to become exclusive. One of the series that has been promised to remain multi-platform is Call of Duty, which is arguably the most influential franchise that might cause Sony to act. It really is unclear as to what Sony would truly get out of a purchase like that, as the legal headache may prove too much, and its roster of studios and games is already quite substantial - so is it a move they're willing to make?ĬEO of Xbox, Phil Spencer, stated that Activision Blizzard games won't wholly become Xbox exclusives. However, this argument would fall flat for many given the exclusives already owned by PlayStation, such as God of War and Marvel's Spider-Man, and individual titles like Ghost of Tsushima that compete with the likes of Elden Ring.

The argument Sony could make for a decision like this is that Xbox has already started to claim exclusivity to franchises like The Elder Scrolls, which is one of the most successful in the industry. The main benefit to either purchase would be the ability to make any of these iconic and successful franchises some of the biggest PlayStation exclusives to date - the primary choices likely being Final Fantasy and Assassin's Creed.

Those two examples may sound like semantics given the 'Ubisoft' prefix, but they are different studios in the same way that Red Storm Entertainment and Blue Mammoth are. Assassin's Creed Odyssey was developed by Ubisoft Québec and Assassin's Creed Valhalla was developed by Ubisoft Montréal. The same can be said for Ubisoft, which is generally credited when discussing titles like Assassin's Creed, Rainbow Six, and the recently released Rider's Republic, but the reality is that all of these games are developed by different studios under the Ubisoft umbrella.

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